I remember being at a family party and someone made a comment about me being pregnant. I so nicely informed them that I was not pregnant at all. Well, a couple weeks later I found out I really was. We began talking about names (I always loved that part) but I had already known I had one good name left in me. I always wanted to carefully choose the name before we found out if it was a boy or a girl so I could have the fun of choosing both. We were on our way to church and were joking that we were having twins and we chose Katelyn and Cameron.
When I had taken my pregnancy test(s) it had gotten very confusing. I wasn't pregnant ... I was pregnant ... I was ... I wasn't (I really don't remember how many tests I had taken). I went in to see my midwife. Suddenly she walked in with a team of doctors. Joanne hugged me and they all said they were sorry but I was going to lose the baby. They scheduled me for a D&C for the following Monday. They asked me to come in for blood work the next day.
All weekend they had me come to Sarasota to do more blood work because my levels weren't dropping as they thought they would ... yet they weren't going up as they would normally if all were well. Talk about an emotional time!
Monday came and they decided to cancel the D&C and do an ultrasound instead. There, they saw my little KatieBug still growing, along with the now empty sac. When we joked about having twins we had no idea that it was nearly a reality. We took the ultrasound picture home to a very shocked family as they thought I was going to have surgery ... yet I come home still very pregnant!
Kate, with nothing wrong with her, was almost eliminated from our lives before we met her. What a tragedy that would have been. She entered this world with a few more complications than her siblings but clearly with a personality big enough for both of them.
She never seemed to fear anything ... talking to everyone she met (which meant I had to watch her closely), walking into a store she would run up and hug the greeter, she hugged an older lady as we were walking one time and the lady was so joyful she handed her a dollar. Her older siblings would count on her to go ask (for a napkin or a refill) because they were too shy to do it themselves.
Katelyn is growing into a remarkable young lady. She clearly has a servant's heart. She helps people out in public if she sees them struggling. She loves children so much and she does an awesome job with them. She's nurturing, loving and God is going to continue to use her and do great things with her. He had a plan for her all along! When she heard the youth group was going on a mission trip next year and she was finally old enough to go she told me she felt lead to go ... and half the time I am not even sure how much she pays attention in class. I am thrilled that she recognized His voice!
The other day we were looking through pictures together. She saw her ultrasound picture and although it's been a part of her scrapbook since the beginning, she claims she never saw it before. She saw the twins ... she saw her miracle for what it was ... and it affected her in a way I had never known it would since she'd heard the story so many times.
Jeremiah 1:5 "I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart" God intricately formed my little girl and He did set her apart for great things ... beginning with her birth!
Until next time ... Remember what a miracle you are!
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